“We either win or we lose when I’m out there,” the Dodgers’ closer said, describing the high-wire life of closing out games.

Saturday night was one of those occasional nights when things did not end well. Jansen gave up four consecutive hits for the first time in his big-league career — he has only allowed a total of four hits in a single appearance three times before — and suffered his third blown save of the season.

Jansen said he deals with a blown save — with comedy.

“When I blow a save, I just watch movies, funny movies,” he said. “I love to unwind by watching movies. It gets me out of my head.

“I definitely don’t get on the Internet. I don’t get on social media. You can’t control what people say about you.”

And he doesn’t talk to the media. Jansen left the clubhouse without talking to reporters after each of his blown saves this season. The wisdom of that decision is less about the content of any interview he would have given following the game Saturday night than it was about the show of accountability for his teammates.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was “surprised” to hear Jansen had avoided the media and veteran teammates spoke to Jansen about it Sunday.

“I apologize,” Jansen said Sunday. “I will never do that again.”

Jansen’s generally sunny disposition turns cloudy when he fails to live up to expectations and he said he doesn’t want to wallow in it by answering what he knows will be a barrage of negative questions.

“When something negative happens — I’m not a negative person,” he said. “I don’t want to talk about the negative. I’m a guy that likes to stay positive.

“When something like that (Saturday’s loss) happens, all I think about is — I can control my location, I can control not walking hitters. I can’t control how good those guys are. Last night — we’re in ‘no-doubles’ (defense), base hit. (Joe) Panik puts it in play, base hit. Belt, jam shot, base hit. Posey, ground ball up the middle, we’re in a shift so it gets through. Nothing you can do about that. I tell you what — I would love to face Buster Posey again. I would love to face Panik again. I guarantee it won’t be the same result.”

Jansen said he spoke with former Dodgers reliever and bullpen coach Ken Howell by phone after Saturday’s loss and Howell helped him put it behind him.

But even as he has converted 17 of 20 save situations and posted a 1.85 ERA with an 0.82 WHIP Jansen said he has not felt like he has been at his best. His strikeout rate has dropped significantly – 9.2 per nine innings this season compared with a career rate over 13 — perhaps a sign that his cutter has lacked its usual late movement.

“The last two days, I didn’t feel like I had that life on my pitches,” he said. “This whole year, has been tough for me. I’m not going to lie. Even though my numbers are still good, I don’t feel like I’ve been as dominant as I should be.”

Free agency beckons Jansen next winter but he dismisses any effect that uncertainty might be having on his mind. It’s just a matter of focusing on his mechanics and pitching more often — “the more I pitch, the more I feel it,” he said of his cutter.

“I’ve seen some outings where it looked sharp to me,” Roberts said of Jansen’s comments. “But no one knows better than he does. For him to be as dominant as he’s been without having his best stuff is pretty exciting to me.”

Also

Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu went three innings for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday afternoon, re-starting his minor-league injury-rehabilitation assignment. Ryu threw 46 pitches while allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits, no walks and three strikeouts. … Right-hander Frankie Montas was activated from the 60-day DL and optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Montas has made six appearances (three starts) for the OKC Dodgers and Double-A Tulsa, technically on a rehab assignment, and has allowed just two runs on eight hits while striking out 18 in 12 innings.

Bill Plunkett has covered everything from rodeo to Super Bowls to boxing (yeah, I was there the night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear off) during a career that started far too long ago to mention and eventually brought him to the OC some time last century (1999 actually). He has been covering Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register since 2003, spending time on both the Angels and Dodgers beats.